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Director Mamoru Hosoda is riding high off the success of his latest film, BELLE, but that didn’t stop him from recommending some other essential anime you absolutely have to see. During Saturday’s “The Most Useful School in the World” program, Hosoda ran through a list …Read more »
A whole bunch of new Spirited Away merch is on the way in Japan. That’s to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the film, which came out on July 20, 2001. Included in the new merch is a squeezable plush of No-Face. There’s also a statuette …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa, the director of DEVILMAN crybaby and Japan Sinks: 2020 has been hard at work on INU-OH, the movie adaptation of the novel Heike Monogatari: INU-OH no Maki. The movie was supposed to come out this year, but now it’s set to debut in …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda’s new movie BELLE will become available for American audiences this winter when GKIDS releases it dubbed and subbed. In the meantime, the insert song “Kokoro no Soba ni” (translated as “Beside the Heart”) is available to listen to on YouTube. It’s sung by …Read more »
New trailers are here for The Deer King anime film, which is coming to Japan on September 10, followed by an international release in the UK and French-speaking Europe through Anime Limited and in the US through GKIDS. The new previews introduce the theme song, …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu’s film BELLE is scheduled to come out in theaters in Japan on July 16, but it turns out that won’t be its debut. Its official debut will be one day earlier in France, where it’s now set to premiere at …Read more »
Director Mamoru Hosoda is breaking more new ground with his next feature film, BELLE. In addition to opening in standard theaters in Japan on July 16, Hosoda’s latest will mark the director’s first journey to the even bigger screen of IMAX. The latest trailer from …Read more »
Produced by Production I.G and directed by Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji, THE DEER KING anime film is an official selection in competition at this year’s Annecy Film Festival. After that, its next stop is North America. GKIDS announced the acquisition of the rights for …Read more »
Wow, if you ever noticed this, you’ve got a much sharper eye than I. A new post on blog Spoon & Tamago has made me aware for the first time that the girl on that iconic My Neighbor Totoro isn’t actually in the movie! That’s …Read more »
Kenji is a deadpan, lethargic high school boy who hangs out with his friends, plays video games, and has bullies in his life. He barely talks sometimes, and he’ll just stare for long segments without expression. At first it’s a little odd. Then you realize …Read more »
It’s here! Lupin the 3rd: THE FIRST premiered in Japan in December 2019, and fans overseas can now see the Takashi Yamazaki CG film in all its glory. But will long-time fans of the anime thief like it? Without a doubt! Yamazaki already proved he can …Read more »
Studio Ghibli’s latest movie, Earwig and the Witch, debuted on Japanese TV last month. But it won’t be much longer before Americans get the opportunity to see it. According to GKIDS, Earwig and the Witch will hit U.S. theaters February 3. It will be aired …Read more »
It’s been a while since we heard anything about Promare, the surprise anime hit of 2019. (Man, remember 2019? So pandemic-free, so nice…) Anyway, there’s a new line of Promare merchandise in town: perfumes! There are four new fragrances, each inspired by a character from …Read more »
Weathering With You, the mega-hit from Makoto Shinkai, will be broadcast on terrestrial Japanese TV for the first time January 3. Shinkai has created a special epilogue specifically for the broadcast that reflects on the hard year 2020 has been for everyone. The one-minute clip …Read more »
If you’re curious about how Studio Ghibli’s first CG-animated feature, Earwig and the Witch, is shaping up, we now have our first official promo for an early look. Based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones, Earwig is slated to air on the NHK General …Read more »
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